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South Salem Road Open Space

South Salem Road Open Space from directly overhead

South Salem Road Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 203 m. Pine Mountain stands 304 m to the north-northeast, 6.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Lewis Drive Open Space, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 9.6 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Ridgefield
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.26714, -73.51416

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Historic sites
Gardens: 60
Museums
Parks
  • Ballard Park: 1.4 mi
  • East Ridge Preserve: 1.5 mi
  • Governor Park: 1.6 mi
  • East Ridge Fields: 1.6 mi
  • Onatru Farm Town Park: 1.7 mi
Peaks
Beaches
Artworks: 36
  • Annunaki: 3.5 mi
  • P.T. Barnum: 8.9 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 9.9 mi
  • greek letter pi: 10.6 mi
  • Lesser Evil: 11.3 mi
Attractions: 23
Waterfalls: 17
  • Sheep Falls: 3.7 mi
  • Cascade: 3.9 mi
  • Cascade: 5.8 mi
  • Saugatuck Falls: 6.1 mi
  • Cascade: 8.7 mi
Cliffs: 12
Picnic sites: 10
  • Pell Hill: 3.7 mi
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 3.8 mi
  • The Meadow: 9.9 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 14.2 mi
  • Oak Grove: 14.4 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 7
  • Danbury Rest Area: 8.4 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 10.3 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 10.3 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 22.1 mi
  • Stormville Rest Area: 22.2 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 1.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.5 miles of South Salem Road Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pine MountainNNE 13°304 m6.0 mi
Bailey MountainNNW 328°299.314 m3.7 mi
Moses MountainNNE 21°296 m6.9 mi
Barlow MountainNNE 11°290 m4.2 mi
Thomas MountainNNE 23°286 m7.5 mi
West MountainNNW 346°285 m2.6 mi
Ned MountainN 357°284 m5.6 mi
Seth Low MountainN 0°283 m4.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3019:06
June solstice05:2219:5020:31
September equinox06:4218:1718:53
December solstice07:1715:4416:29

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937485867727063524132
Precip in3.12.73.93.73.84.54.54.64.84.53.84.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Danbury Muni AP, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43399386

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